...first two verses: The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the foal, And his cohorts were gleaming of purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, The host with their banners at sunset were seen;...

...for consideration the famous anthology piece The Destruction of Sennacherib (1815): The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen:...

...dead. We are reminded of the poem by Lord Byron, "The Destruction of Sennacherib." The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen:...

...its towering ramparts. Lord Byron has caught the beat and march of the event: And the Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...was like stars on the sea When the blue wave rolls nighdy on deep Galilee. Hezekiah first sought appeasement by paying enormous tribute to buy the invader...

...Byron's "The Destruction of Sennacherib," a featured poem in The Poet's Company: The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nighdy on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners...

...McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998). THIS Is WHAT HAPPENS. . . Philip R. Davies The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold Matthew Arnold, Sohrab and Rustam This is what happens when little kings get too ambitious. The big...

...A fragment of poetry from my schooldays kept popping up in my mind? "The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, and his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold." an hour like a bat out of Hell. I knew by then that I was not going to be able to run down all of the...

...conquest: on its conquest and subjugation of Northern Israel (Jonah's country), when The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold. And his cohorts were...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. (Byron) The result: the destruction of the country, the ruin of a culture and religion, the dismembering...

...purple and gold." Obviously not the first time the family had been regaled with the quotation. "... And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the...when the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee." Mr Ginger winked at me. "Lord Byron," he remarked. "I expect you have heard of him." I did not admit...

...3:16-17). The Destruction of Sennacherib By George Gordon (Lord) Byron (1788-1824) The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen:...